The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-12


The Jenney Electric Com auy is in receipt of
order from the Stockton Cal, Gas Company for
120-arc-lights plant. eleven 100foot towers ETC.,
including complete outfit for furnishing light
for the streets and the merchants of that city.
1t is stated that but few manufacturing cities
have been much benefited by the introduction
of electric light as has Indianapolis Manufact-
urers here are furnishing many plants entire,
including pulleys. shafting and high-speed en-
gines.
The Atlas engine works last Saturday shipped
two carloads of heavy machinery TO Mexi-
co. These works are still pressed with ORDERS
and since April l have been working thirteen
hours daily in all departments, holidays not
excepted.
Two manufactures last year went into the
manufacture of milk shake machines on an extern
sive scale and they expect larger trade the COM
ing season, judging from the orders already re-
ceived, and they are preparing to turn them out
IN large numbers
The confectioners are driving business with
the approach Of the holidays. Dageetr d Go. q
force of men begin work at o'clock in the
morning and quit at IL o'clock at night Last
week they converted forty thousand pounds OF
sugar into candies.
Heth erineton g. Berner are about closing q
contrac for furnishing large manufacturing
establi shment in one of the Southern States
with its engines boilers and a large per cent OF
it's machinery. The contract will cover about
$40. 600 worth OF work.
Parties are negotiating for lease of the large
brick building Merrill street, near the rolling
mill, occupied at one time by Emley q Go.
Should the lease be perfected the company will
go into the manufacture of railway frogs ana
crossings on an extensive scale.
Indianapolis elevators on Dec. 10 contained
443 $50 bushels Of grain. against 527,3o0 at the
corresponding date in 1886. There are H.loO
more bushels of wheat in store than one year
ago, while there 80. $50 fewer bushels OF
corn and 124. $50 fewer bushels of oats
The encaustic tile-works will probably be the
first Indianapolis mandatory which Will use
W. NJ fh0
Company now within seven squares OF this
establishment and will be laid down the alley
short distance east of the works this week.
Dean Brothers last week shipped a water-sta-
ton pump to the Cincinnati Southern railroad,
two mining pumps to Clay county coal mines,
condensIne apparatus to Port Huron, Mich, and
pumps to Columbus. Ga; Defiance. o. Canes
teo, n. Y; Greenville Miss, ana Evansville,
Ind.
A pany is being organized to take hold of
the business of the late Barry Saw Supply Com
pany. Receiver Cleland says there is an excel
lent ope ming for some person with few tnou-
sand dollars capital and some enterprise. Even
in its present crippled condition the business Is
profitable.
The indianapolis Foundry Company find. IN
elancing over their books, that, in round mum
bers they have done $40 900 moro business this
year than in 1885, and their orders are now 5O
per cent greater than at the corresponding
period last year. Tho firm is composed OF young
Indianapolitans.
Tine American Paper-pulley Company Is still
behind orders, although working overtime to
catch up. Last week they shipped sixty pulleys
to York, Pa; fifty to Toronto-a second order
from that point in the last month; fifty to Fits
burg, and fifty to GAINESVILLE, o.. besides filling
q number of smaller orders.
The Hadley Shoe Company has been for the
last week putting in additional machinery for
the manufacture of the finest ladies' goods They
now have service some of the latest improve
ments and are in shape to compete successfully
with much older shoe manufacturing establish
n
Tucker & Dorsey have part OF the buildings
burned a month ago replaced and some thirty
men at work In thirty days they will be IN
shape to FIJI their orders quite promptly. Muen
of their old machinery has been repaired and Is
now in service, and they will put IN additional
new machinery as soon as their buildings are up.
Lilly s. Sons have reorganized their compa nv,
and hereafter it will be known as the Lilly
Varnish Company. Mr.. Lilly states that In the
year nearing a close they have cold 80 per cent.
more goods taan in any previous year, and WIN
and will largely increase their productive ca
pacity.
The Indian apolis steel-works have completed
the third fire ladder for the Covert Ladder
mentine with it. raised the ladder high enough
to reach the third story of building in forty
nine seconds. The first Of the ladders buile IL
took one minute anG fifty seconds 10 raise the
same height.
The indianapolis Veneeriug Company is
working thirteen hours per day and Is still bs-
hind with orders This establishment furnishes
a large per cent of the veneering wood used at
the principal sewing machine manufactures IN
this country, and also sells a large quantity or
the veneeri ne to furniture manufactures In this
and adjoini n & States
The advance in the price OF starch has en-
couraged the starch manufacturers to push
things somewhat The Indianapolis starch
works are now using about 2, 900 bushels of corn
per day, and would double that quantity If they
could get the corn. The starch men, as we'll as
the bominy- mill men. exDerien &c good deal or
difficulty in getting the grades OF corn they need
to make good stock.
The Van Camp Canning Company will next
week move their machinery from the old build
Ing on West Market street to the large pack-
ing-houses they recently purchased from the
First National Bank, the Holmes. Petit d
new establishment the company expect to IN,
crease their production of preserves, iellies and
canned goods 100 per cent.
Last week was an off week with the packers.
owing TO the difficulty OF securing hogs. In part
and then three DAYS Of the week were unfavor-
able for killing Kinean e. Co. dropp ed down to
1000 hogs per day. killing $4,000; Coffin. Green
street & Fletcher, 700 hogs per day, killing
T. 200 and Lauders e Co. killed but 200. max
ing total of but %, 400 slaughtered, against
45, 300 in the week preceding
Atkins & Co. now have four of their circular
saws eiehty-eight inches in diameter in operation
in this State and doing excellent work. AS these
saws were an experiment. they are very much
eratifed over results. As yet Mr.. Atkins has
been unable to obtain plate one hundred
inches in diameter, from which to mako still
larger saw. Prior to the introduction of this
eiehty-eight inch saw, seventy-four inches In
diameter was the largest saw IL use
The Indianapolis cabinet-works putting up
another building seventy feet long by thirty
wide. This year they have added to their build
ings g. 160 square feet, equal to a rhree-story
building seventy feet long by forty feet wide,
and still they pressed for room. This COM
papy has within the last week received an order
for s36 desks from New York establishment
which exports goods, and recently made large
shipment of desks to Dublin, Ireland Liverpool.
England, and Barcelona, Spain.
Personal Mention.
Richard Hsrrick. Governor Gray's executive
clerk has gone to Colorado on business He
will be gone about two weeks.
1t was announced in Sundays paper that Miss
Minnie Jones would be married at the family
residence, which was a mistake. The ceremony
will take place at Memorial Presbyterian Church.